sonsie

Example Sentences

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Zara herself seems a fresh and sonsie young woman who has emulated her mother as a world-ranking equestrian.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011

Sandy remarked, "Ye wadna think, noo, sic a sonsie doggie wad be leevin' i' the murky auld kirkyaird."

From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse

“Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftain, o’ the puddin’ race!”

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William

Fair fa' your honest sonsie face, jolly Great chieftain o' the puddin'-race!

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

One was a sonsie good-wife with any amount of bundles, the other a little old man with a face of almost superhuman wisdom.

From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon